On 8/7/2013 15:48, Juha Manninen wrote:
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:10 PM, waldo kitty<[email protected]> wrote:
can we get a "please stand by while loading options list" window that pops
up to let us know that something is, indeed, happening?
How long it takes to load the options with your computer?
What kind of CPU (type and speed) does it have?
Hard-drive speed matters, too, because fpc executable is read from it.
Windows may also be slower in starting processes than Linux which I mostly use.
as noted upstream in this thread...
w2k-SP4 with all available updates
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
768M RAM
and the HD is a WDC WD300BB (at this time)...
I have tested with a mini-laptop with Intel Atom CPU and loading the
options was really fast. The delay was barely noticeable and the
cursor indicated something was happening.
the first time, when i noted seeing the two windows pop up as the data was
retrieved, it was around 5+ seconds... the second time, after mattias' fix to
hide the windows, it was just a little longer but that may be due to other
activities going on at the same time...
Maybe I should get some really old machine to test with.
i resemble that remark! ;) O:)
This problem can be solved also by loading the options in a background thread.
yes, that would work and shouldn't be noticeable... unless one goes directly to
those options which is rather doubtful...
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